UPDATE 11:30 A.M. – Authorities in Jefferson County have released more information into a shooting incident Wednesday that in a 36-year-old man being charged with the first degree murder of his brother.

At approximately 5:46 p.m. Wednesday, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 telephone call of a person indicating her husband, later identified as 34-year-old David Sloan, of Mount Vernon, had been shot by his brother, Matthew Sloan, of rural Mount Vernon.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Litton’s Ambulance, and Jefferson Fire Protection District personnel responded to 9806 East Webb Road in rural Mount Vernon.

Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators of the Illinois State Police were called in to conduct an investigation.

As a result of the investigation, Matthew Sloan was arrested for homicide. He remains in the Jefferson County Jail with bail set at $3 million. He’s scheduled for an August 1 preliminary hearing with a court appointed attorney.

The incident is being investigated by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson County State’s Attorney, Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, and Illinois State Police.

JEFFERSON COUNTY —A 36-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been charged Thursday morning in Jefferson County court with first degree murder in connection with an incident Wednesday in rural Mt. Vernon.

Details have not yet been released. But Matthew P. Sloane has been charged with three counts first-degree murder.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call around 6 p.m. Wednesday in the 9800 block of East Webb of a possible fatal shooting.

Coroner Roger Hayse is meeting with officials this morning from the sheriff’s office and with State’s Attorney Sean Featherstun to discuss the incident. Additional details, including Sloane’s mugshot are anticipated to be released later Thursday.

Sloane is being held in the Jefferson County Jail, with bail set at $3 million. A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for August 1, with a court appointed attorney.